Cooling off ... Sunbather takes a swig of water while she tries to top up her tan

Everyone else within about five miles had obviously had the same idea so there was the usual collection of very pretty girls lying half naked on the grass and paunchy middle-aged men leaning on the benches while wondering if it really was a good idea to go for a run.

Then you had the Tinder enthusiasts waiting by the statue, and the peacocks, and the young mums with their prams and the lovers in the long grass and hundreds of people who’d decided, because the sun was shining, that they could play tennis.

Everyone was being extremely well behaved and considerate. Dog dirt was being cleared up, music was being played softly through headphones, ­bicycles were being pushed, and all the people, so many people, they all go hand in hand . . . No wait, I may have wandered into a bit of a song there.

However, some of the recent arrivals to Britain hadn’t got the idea of park life at all.

I don’t want to sound like a retired colonel from Tunbridge Wells but they were playing loud music, cooking and allowing their kids to relieve themselves in the bushes.

I can just about handle all that, but when they left, they made absolutely no attempt to clear up their mess.

I know that this isn’t an issue in most of the world but it is here.

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